Salary.sg Forums - Reply to Topic
Salary.sg Forums  

Go Back   Salary.sg Forums > The Salary.sg Discussion Forums: > Income and Jobs > becoming a lawyer?

Income and Jobs Discuss jobs, career options and of course salaries




Salary.sg Forums

Thread: becoming a lawyer? Reply to Thread
Your Username: Click here to log in
Human Verification To prove you are a human and not a computer program that spams, please check the box below and answer any further questions if prompted.

Title:
  
Message:
Post Icons
You may choose an icon for your message from the following list:
 

Additional Options
Miscellaneous Options

Topic Review (Newest First)
16-10-2013 11:51 AM
ATIPOL
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahyi View Post
good morning!
I know the Singapore bar will not allow me to practice law locally with the below certifications.

I have a question here. Say, I manage to get a 2nd upper bachelor in law, from ITC, awarded by UOL, what are the career opportunities available? I appreciate any inputs!

Thanks in advance!
You can join a law firm or corporate MNC as a pralegal executive doing basic legal adminsitration work.

The problem with lousy degrees from UOL is firstly legally you are not considered qualified person for admission. Not only that, althought theoretically you can be a private legal counsel, but as a matter of practice companies will not hire your kind of profile as their counsel.

Your best bet out of this sticky situation is to make sure your grades >P70, slug it out as a paralegal in a reputable law firm in Singapore for a few years, after that either take up a Diploma in Singapore law or if you meet the LTP criteria go sit for for Part A SBE.

After getting qualified person status, get your exisiting law firm employer to sponsor your PTC and gain admission. Alternative to no PTC is to sit for Part B of SBE and gain admission. After admission whether you want to practice or move on to general counsel roles is up to your interest.

Otherwise you will forever be stuck doing paralegal which honestly is just glorified clerical work.
16-10-2013 09:57 AM
ahyi
becoming a lawyer?

good morning!
I know the Singapore bar will not allow me to practice law locally with the below certifications.

I have a question here. Say, I manage to get a 2nd upper bachelor in law, from ITC, awarded by UOL, what are the career opportunities available? I appreciate any inputs!

Thanks in advance!

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off




All times are GMT +8. The time now is 05:03 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2